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- ↑ "Justice David S. Wiggins Becomes Acting Chief Justice". www.iowacourts.gov. November 21, 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
- ↑ Spoerre, Anna (January 10, 2020). "Acting Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice David Wiggins announces early retirement". Des Moines Register. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ↑ Sulzberger, A. G. (November 3, 2010). "In Iowa, Voters Oust Judges Over Marriage Issue". New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ↑ Pettys, Todd (2013). "Retention Redux: Iowa 2012". Journal of Appellate Practice and Process. 14 (1): 47–79.
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